There are a great many candidates for that moment, but I'd like to nominate one line from one speech.
"Mister Gorbachev, oepn this gate. Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
President Ronald Reagan, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1981.
It was alled the cold war because it wasn't an actual war. Compared to a "hot" war (a standard war with actual conflict/battles) this "war" was "cold" because there wasn't any fighting. It was a world wide rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, but there wasn't any actual fighting
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The Space Race And The Arms Race
The Cold War could be said to have started in 1918; when at the end of WWI, England and the USA attacked Soviet Siberia. It was a failed attempt to put an end to the Soviet Union. Most people would say the Cold War started in 1945, at the end of WWII, when Russia controlled Eastern Europe by installing puppet governments in the the nations of E.E. that did what the Soviet Union told them to do.
Naval Forces in support of military operations in Panama and Grenada.
Naval Forces in support of military operations in Panama and Grenada.
Naval Forces in support of military operations in Panama and Grenada.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a stand-off between America and Russia. Faced with an ultimatum from the Americans, the Russians turned away and headed back to Russia.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a stand-off between America and Russia. Faced with an ultimatum from the Americans, the Russians turned away and headed back to Russia.
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The free world won the cold war.
The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War
The Korean war was the first hot war in the cold war.
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No, the Cold War is considered to have ended in 1991.
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